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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recently convened three virtual meetings in its continued efforts to support regional and local fishing and seafood communities. The meetings highlight the Council’s emphasis on collaboration among agencies and promoting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In late October, the Fine Arts Department at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) partnered with the local U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to present the premiere of “Blue Continent”, a new short film about Rose Atoll. An uninhabited wildlife refuge, Rose Atoll is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 late afternoon the territory was rift with rumors that one of the members of a fishing vessel testing positive for COVID-19, when a test was administered by the Dept. of Health, upon arrival of the vessel in the harbor.
However, at 4p.m, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite being given fair warning by the Medicaid State Agency, as well as local news reports, some non-medical patients on the Oct. 26th medical charter took their complaints and criticism to social media after having to pay the required Medicaid cost-share of $920....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man from Futiga was taken into custody last month for the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl after he walked into the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and turned himself in. The defendant made his initial appearance in District Court last month. He is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 44-year-old man who is on probation after being convicted of felony drug possession is now back in custody after police allegedly discovered a quantity of illegal drugs in his possession during a traffic stop last month in Iliili.
Panapa Logovi’i is charged with one...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Most students born in American Samoa or anywhere within the United States have access to the Pell Grant, which covers the costs of attendance and other expenses for their first two years of college. Students who do not qualify for the Pell Grant, such as those born...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Aumua Amata says she looks forward to continuing to put the interests of the territory to the new US House of Representatives.
Aumua was re-elected for a fourth term by an overwhelming margin this week, although results are still regarded as unofficial at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The yet-to-be-dedicated new Territorial Administration on Aging compound in Tafuna will be bustling with Christmas caroling, gift presentations and other activities, next week Friday, Nov. 13th during the governor’s annual Senior Citizens Program.
“It is that time of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Legal counsel for former Territorial Correctional Facility inmate James Glenn Barlow has urged Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga for a “favorable decision” on Barlow’s application submitted in May for “pardon and commutation of sentence.”
Hawaii-based attorney, Bentley C. Adams...